“If I was worried about that or I was deceitful in some way or something like that, I could have huddled the coaches and said hey let’s make sure we start him for Syracuse that way he has got no options,” Swinney said. “That’s not how I operate. I don’t think like that. I don’t operate that way. I’m just trying to do what’s right. I’m not ever doing to apologize for that . . .”
Would’ve been dirty pool but I guarantee other coaches would’ve done it. It’s never easy to lead and to make a decision like this, but he did it with integrity. I hope the best for kb. I hope he stays and finishes with us and plays a good bit. But I’ll never forget him being the starting qb and leading us to cfp in 2017.